| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 37.4

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Book Review

Indian Agent: Peter Ellis Bean in Mexican Texas. By Jack Jackson. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005. xiii + 426 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.)

In this biography Jack Jackson examines the life of Tennessee-born Col. Peter Ellis Bean who served as an Indian agent in Mexican Texas from 1826 to 1836 after supporting Mexico in its war for independence from Spain. In contrast to previous scholars who have argued that Bean was a "man without a country," Jackson explains he was really a "man with two countries" who served the interests of Mexico and the United States (p. 82). He fought with Mexican and American troops, married Mexican and American women, made peace with eastern Indian tribes, and sold land to Tejanos and Anglo-Texans. Although it is poorly organized and overwrought with detail, Jackson's book is significant because it presents a more balanced portrayal of Bean than previous studies and offers a new interpretation of Sam Houston's motivations for seeking peace with the Cherokees.

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